Overview of the Ada Computer Language Competition (1979)

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16 language proposals were submitted in the first phase of the DoD-1 design contest.
Four proposals were selected for initial design funding: Red (Intermetrics), Blue (SofTech), Green (CII-Honeywell-Bull), and Yellow (SRI).
Red and Green were chosen to be refined in the next phase.
Intermetrics opted for a radical redesign, creating a new language called RED, instead of refining REDL.
Green was ultimately selected as the winning language, leading to the disappearance of both Red languages.
The reference manual for RED was written by John Nestor and Mary Van Deusen.
The text commemorates the 30th anniversary of the runoff contest, acknowledging RED's place in language history.

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